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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Pregnancy Discrimination Hiring & Firing

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Under-Performing Pregnant or Disabled Employees: Balancing Performance Management with the ADA, FMLA, and Pregnant Workers...

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Performance conversations can quickly become legal minefields when an employee is pregnant, has a disability, or has requested protected leave. Too often, well-meaning employers delay intervention, mishandle documentation, or...more

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Castle Hills Master Association to Pay $55,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Settles Federal Lawsuit Claiming Property Management Companies Terminated Pregnant Employee Unlawfully - DALLAS – Property management companies Castle Hills Master Association Inc., Bright Realty LLC, Bright Industries...more

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EEOC's Recent Enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What Employers Need to Know

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A recent Consent Decree between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Lago Mar Properties stands as an important reminder that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is broad in scope and encompasses all...more

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Sailormen, Inc. / Popeye’s Conciliates EEOC Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Charge

Franchisee and Operator of Orange City Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits Restaurants Agrees to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Pregnant Employees - MIAMI – Sailormen, Inc., doing business as a Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits in...more

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EEOC Sues Victra for Discrimination Due to Pregnancy and Perceived Disability

Federal Suit Charges Mobile Device Retailer Rescinded Job Offer After Learning About Worker’s Potential Pregnancy Complications - RENO, Nev. – Victra, the business name of ABC Phones of North Carolina and a nationwide...more

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EEOC Initiates Initial String of Lawsuits Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) following the release of its final rule and interpretative guidance in April 2024. We previously...more

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EEOC Sues Kurt Bluemel for Pregnancy Discrimination

Federal Lawsuit Says Wholesale Nursery Failed to Accommodate and Fired Pregnant Worker - BALTIMORE – Kurt Bluemel, a Baltimore County commercial nursery, failed to accommodate a pregnant worker who needed leave and then...more

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EEOC Sues Castle Hills Master Association and Parent Companies for Disability Discrimination

Federal Suit Charges Property Management Companies Fired Hospitalized Resident Coordinator Because of Her Pregnancy-Related Disability - DALLAS – Castle Hills Master Association Inc., and parent companies Bright Realty...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Gracious Bakery to Pay $46,500 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

Resolves Federal Suit Charging Company Fired Employee Because of Medical Condition During Pregnancy - NEW ORLEANS – Gracious, LLC, a New Orleans-based company doing business as Gracious Bakery + Café, agreed to pay a...more

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Res-Care / Equus to Pay $125,000 in EEOC High-Risk Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Case

Settles Federal Charges Workforce Services Provider in Southern New Mexico Failed to Grant Medical Leave and Fired Employee - SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (jointly referred to as Res-Care/Equus),...more

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Savage River Lodge Pays $150,000 in EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Hospitality Companies Settle Federal Charges That They Discriminated Against Pregnant Worker and Then Fired Her - BALTIMORE – Savage River Lodge, LLC and Little Crossings, LLC, doing business as Fronterra Resources...more

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EEOC Proposes Regulations for Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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On August 7, 2023, the EEOC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking containing its proposed regulations for implementing the PWFA. The PWFA was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022 and went into effect on...more

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Accommodation Requirements for Pregnant Employees Are Similar to ADA Protections

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Q: Does the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) require workplaces to change their accommodation and leave practices in a significant way?...more

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Goes Into Effect on June 27 – Is Your Workplace Ready?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) creates new rights to reasonable accommodation for employees and applicants who have physical or mental conditions arising from pregnancy, childbirth or related...more

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Circle K to Pay $8 Million to Resolve EEOC Disability, Pregnancy, and Retaliation Charges

PHOENIX – Circle K Stores Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve disability, pregnancy and retaliation discrimination charges, the federal agency...more

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Staffing Solutions to Pay $550,000 to Settle EEOC Discriminatory Hiring and Placement Suit

Company Rejected Black, Disabled, Pregnant and Older Applicants and Forced Out Office Manager Who Opposed Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. – Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing...more

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EEOC Sues Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services for Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination

Health Care Company Fired Scheduling Coordinator Because of Her Pregnancy and Related Disability, Federal Agency Charges - ERIE, Pa. – A home health care services company in northwest Pennsylvania violated federal law by...more

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Indiana Enacts Pregnancy Accommodations Law, Effective In July 2021

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A new Indiana statute sets out the process for pregnant workers to seek a reasonable accommodation from their employers. The new law applies to employers with at least 15 employees. It goes into effect on July 1, 2021...more

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Tennessee’s New ‘Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’ Requires Employers to Reasonably Accommodate Pregnant Employees

There is a new law for Tennessee employers. As of October 1, 2020, those of you with employees in Tennessee must reasonably accommodate pregnant employees under the state’s new “Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” or else face...more

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U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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On September 17, 2020, the House voted 329-73 to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The bill seeks to clarify the law and require employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees impacted by a known...more

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Family Healthcare Network Settles EEOC Disability and Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $1.75 Million

Health Care Network Failed to Accommodate and Fired Employees Because of Their Disabilities and/or Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - Family HealthCare Network will pay $1.75 million and furnish other...more

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Absolut Care to Pay $465,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A Pregnancy-Disability-FMLA Triple Whammy

Pow! Pow! Pow! The College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio (student body approx. 2,000), is going to have to go to trial on a triple whammy of pregnancy discrimination, failure to accommodate a disability, and violations of the...more

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Pregnancy-Related Restroom Breaks May Be Protected Under ADA, And Not Title VII

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Claiming that frequent restroom breaks were required by a pregnancy-related medical condition, a former employee’s claims were allowed to proceed under the Americans with Disability Act, but not Title VII. In Wadley v....more

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EEOC Sues Staffing Solutions for Multiple Discriminatory Hiring Practices

Owner Frequently Used Racial Slurs and Forced Out Manager Who Opposed Hiring Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing company that places employees...more

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